Welcome to HVAC-Talk.com, a non-DIY site and the ultimate Source for HVAC Information & Knowledge Sharing for the industry professional! Here you can join over 150,000 HVAC Professionals & enthusiasts from around the world discussing all things related to HVAC/R. You are currently viewing as a NON-REGISTERED guest which gives you limited access to view discussions

To gain full access to our forums you must register; for a free account. As a registered Guest you will be able to:

Participate in over 40 different forums and search/browse from nearly 3 million posts.

At least I have actual field experience with the units that I'm comparing and am not dismissing something out of hand.

You've got me there. I don't have any first hand experience with the bluvac gauge. The only experience I have is with several *other* digital gauges, and none of them have even come close in terms of repeatability and reliability. Whenever I see as much chatter about something like I have with the bluvac, my skeptical nature causes me to reflexively dismiss it as hype. I will wait to see how many people are still using their bluvac gauges 5 years from now. There was one guy on here who said he was on his 3rd bluvac in about a year, yet he was still proudly proclaiming "I'll never use anything else!"

I was just trying to inject a little humor with the picture... No disrespect intended, you know I've got a great deal of respect for your knowledge and experience, JP... We just happen to disagree when it comes to digital gauges and micron gauges.

I will wait to see how many people are still using their bluvac gauges 5 years from now. There was one guy on here who said he was on his 3rd bluvac in about a year, yet he was still proudly proclaiming "I'll never use anything else!"

Well my BluVac is just a little over the one year mark and still performing flawlessly in the field for me. I retired my Thermal Engineering Super Vac Check-II, a CPS VG-100A and a JB DV-22N when I got the BluVac and I never looked back once I put them in comparison.

Accutools has really changed the standard when it comes to vacuum indicators with their unique technology. There simply is no other vacuum indicator now.

Well my BluVac is just a little over the one year mark and still performing flawlessly in the field for me. I retired my Thermal Engineering Super Vac Check-II, a CPS VG-100A and a JB DV-22N when I got the BluVac and I never looked back once I put them in comparison.

Accutools has really changed the standard when it comes to vacuum indicators with their unique technology. There simply is no other vacuum indicator now.

I'm right at one year with mine as well. No complaints.

One thing I hated about the Thermal, it simply won't work in cold weather. I have used the Bluvac down to 0°F and it works flawlessly.

You've got me there. I don't have any first hand experience with the bluvac gauge. The only experience I have is with several *other* digital gauges, and none of them have even come close in terms of repeatability and reliability. Whenever I see as much chatter about something like I have with the bluvac, my skeptical nature causes me to reflexively dismiss it as hype. I will wait to see how many people are still using their bluvac gauges 5 years from now. There was one guy on here who said he was on his 3rd bluvac in about a year, yet he was still proudly proclaiming "I'll never use anything else!"

I was just trying to inject a little humor with the picture... No disrespect intended, you know I've got a great deal of respect for your knowledge and experience, JP... We just happen to disagree when it comes to digital gauges and micron gauges.

I have a BS detector like that, too.

I initially dismissed digital gauges and such just like you.

But the sheer numbers of people and absolute vehemence with which they stood by them swayed me and I took the plunge.

I may be inclined to change my tune if Joey D sends me one to test, free of charge.

As much as I would love to send you a freebie, Tech Rob, what would I do without my detractors keeping these threads going?

I've actually given a number of them away over the past 2 years for evaluation purposes...and the feedback has always been superlative. But, if it's all the same, I'd like to start making some money by selling some of them! Thanks for the thought, though.